One of the executive producers of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a dystopian drama based on the book of the same name by Margaret Atwood, referenced how the show is perceived in the current political climate.
Many liberal women have been drawing comparisons between the fictional republic of Gilead in the story and the current United States. Several stars of the Hulu series joined executive producers Eric Tuchman, Yahlin Chang, Bruce Miller, and Warren Littlefield at PaleyFest LA earlier this week to promote the show’s sixth and final season.
“It’s been a show that we started the way we wanted to start it; we’re ending it the way we want to end it,” Miller said, per The Hollywood Reporter.
Littlefield discussed how their focus for the series shifted after Trump was elected the first time. “And then along came our 45th president and we entered into a whole other world,”…
